Altera Corporation was a pioneer in programmable logic solutions, specializing in Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs), and related development tools. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Altera became one of the two dominant players in the FPGA market (alongside Xilinx) before being acquired by Intel in 2015for $16.7 billion.